Has anyone heard of Gamix?

[adolescent]

James wrote:
They were very popular in Japan with many companies releasing their MSX versions. Long story short, this technology eventually morphed into out beloved Nintendo Entertainment System.

Nonsense.  The Famicom (or NES) has almost nothing in common with the MSX, aside from being Japanese.

James wrote:
Oh yes yes, they are very different no questions there. What I meant is, the NES (well.. Famicom) was directly inspired by the success of the MSX platform and share many points in common. Many NES classics originate from the MSX as porting was easy enough between the machine. One that comes to mind is Metal Gear (which is much much much better on MSX btw).

How could that be when the Famicom was released BEFORE the MSX?  I don't dispute the fact that games originated on the MSX like Metal Gear, Parodius, etc. but the hardware was not influenced by it.

[adolescent]

The MSX standard was announced in June 1983 , but hardware wasn't released until later that year (according to msx websites).  The Famicom was released on July 15, 1983.  So, how again could Nintendo have been "inspired" to come up with a similar system?